The Realisation of Topographical Code of Culture in the Names of Settlements of the Belarussian Poozerye Cover Image

Объективация топоморфного кода культуры в системе названий населенных пунктов Белорусского Поозерья
The Realisation of Topographical Code of Culture in the Names of Settlements of the Belarussian Poozerye

Author(s): Tatiana Wasiliewa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Lexis, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Linguoculturology; toponymy; hydronymy; oiconyms;

Summary/Abstract: In the article on the basis of analysis of the names of settlements of Belarussian Poozerye revealed features of realisation of topographical code of culture reflecting the human perception of geographical realities having the proper names. The study of facts revealed that the formation of three groups of oiconyms serving the realisation of the code of culture conditioned by social, economic and cultural factors.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 321-328
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian